Around-the-world books on golf and food

Two new books are out describing around-the-world trips in search of great food and great golfing.

"Around the World in 80 Dinners: The Ultimate Culinary Adventure," by Cheryl and Bill Jamison (HarperCollins, $24.95) describes the couple's three-month trip sampling the flavors of Bali, Australia, New Caledonia, Singapore, Thailand, China, South Africa, France and Brazil.

The book includes information about the places they visited along with a few recipes for dishes like "Tahitian Salad" and Brazilian-style deviled crab.

"Around the World in 80 Rounds: Chasing a Golf Ball from Tierra del Fuego to the Land of the Midnight Sun," by David Wood (St. Martin's Press, $24.95) chronicles how the writer's golf obsession led him to sell his home, put his stuff in storage and set out on a world tour of golf courses.

He'd already played some of the most famous courses in the world, like the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland, but he dreamed of playing remote courses in unusual places - Tromso, Norway, one of the northernmost courses in the world, and Ushuaia, Argentina, which claims to be the southernmost. Before he was done, he also played on a course in Egypt within sight of the Pyramids, and with kangaroos on the fairway in Australia.